Smile Escapes

How to empower dental nurses through collaboration

Could we use dental nurses as a conduit between professionals in practice, asks Polly Bhambra. In today’s healthcare world, dental professionals are doing more than ever before, working closely with other healthcare workers to take better care of patients. As leaders in dental practices, we understand that working well together, or inter-professional collaboration (IPC), is […]

Cancer vaccine trials offered to NHS patients

NHS England announced that it has treated its first patient with a personalised vaccine against bowel cancer. The jab was delivered to a bowel cancer patient in a clinical trial that forms part of the NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad. Father and higher education lecturer Elliot Phebve received the vaccine at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS […]

Tooth regrowth medicine successful in animal trials

Medicine that was successful in promoting tooth regrowth in animals is set to enter human trials in September. In July 2023, it was announced that a new medicine had been developed to promote tooth regrowth. It works by suppressing USAG-1, a molecule that inhibits bone growth proteins. The medicine has already been tested on animals […]

Building a modern workforce for UK dentistry

Recruitment is at the heart of the dental workforce crisis, argues Neil Carmichael, but what is the solution? UK dentistry is in a state of crisis. Horror stories of pensioners pulling out their own teeth with garden pliers or children admitted to hospital in their thousands hit our headlines on a weekly basis. Recruitment of […]

Study finds 57% of patients suffer from dentine hypersensitivity

Colgate discusses the prevalence of dentine hypersensitivity and explores potential solutions that can be recommended to patients. A study in Dental Clinics of North America found that 57% of patients suffer from dentine hypersensitivity (Addy, 1990). ‘Dentine hypersensitivity is characterised by short, sharp pain arising from exposed dentine in response to stimuli – typically thermal, […]